Necktie



June ,22 ,f1-926.

O C RICHARDSON NECKTIE Filed July 19,

Patented June 22, 1926.

UNITEDVSIATES PATENT OFFICE.

p. C. RICHARDSON, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NEGKTIE.

Application led July 19, 1922. Serial No. 575,987.

the tie at the required points, a drawing of,`

the tie being avoided.

It iswithin the province of the disclosure to impro-ve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that@ type to which the invention appertains, l

With the above and other objects in vieu, which will appear as the description pioceeds, the invention resides in the combination andy"arrangement of parts and in the detailsof constructidn hereinafter described and claii'ned, it being understood that, witlp in the scope o t' what is claimed, chainges in the precise embodiment shown can. be iliade.

without departing vention.

In thediawings y Figure 1 shows in plan, *a tie constructed' in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 `is a cross section on the line 2 2 of Figure l g Figui-e3 is a cross'section'j on the line 3 5 from the spirit of the in- A of Figure 1; Figure 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1; Figure is a fraginental section showing the padding.

The tie forming the subject matter of this l application comprises a padding denoted by the numeral 1 and comprising layers 2. The

padding 1 may be fashioned from any suitable material which is not absolutely inelastic, the padding being capable of yielding and stretching somewhat, when the tie is tied. The constituent layers 2 of the padding 1 are united by a loose stitching S, of any desired sort. The stitching at 3 may be a hand quilting stitch a machine quilting stitch, or any other stitch which Will not destroy the' elasticity of the padding.

The padding 1 is surrounded by a tubular cover 4f, made of silk or any other material having some elasticity, the longitudinal edges of the cover 4' being overlapped as at 5.

and being united by a blind stitching 6.

The stitching 6 may be of any desired kind i which will not destroy the elasticity of the cover 4. If preferred such a stitching as that shown at 3 in Figure 5 may be used at the place marked bythe numeral 6. The

` padding l preferably fills the coverB transversely, from one edge of the tie to the other. Intermediate its ends, the padding l is stitched to the cover 4, as shown at 7 the end portions of the padding being free, throughout the-major portion ofthe length .of the tie. Y l

It will befnoted that both the padding 1 and the cover 3 are so constructed that each vcan yield independently of the other. The result is that the covei 4 will not be distorted by the padding 1, the padding 1 on the other hand being free to yield and stretch asA the cover yields andV stretches. The fullness in the tie will always 'be :found at the desired points, and the tie, as a 1. A necktie comprising a cover and a padding in the cover, the padding comprising layers united by an elastic stitching, the j cover having overlapped edges united by another elastic stitching.

2. A necktie comprising a cover and a padding in the cover, the padding compiising layers united by an elastic stitching, the edges-ofthe cover being overlapped and being united by another elastic stitching, and

.means for securing the intermediate portion of the padding to the intermediate portion of the cover, the ends of the padding being free throughout the major portion of the length of the tie.`

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I'have hereto affixed my signature.

o. C. RICHARDSON. 

